Clothes wringer



1,628,554 May 10,1927, G. PAGANQ CLOTHES WRINGER Filed March 29. 1926 M 47 5 7 Z6 Z6 fiaelazzo Bqqazw Patented May 10, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1,628,554 PATENT OFFICE.

GAETANO PAGANO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO SALVA- TORE BENFONTI AND ONE-FOURTH TO GAETANO SOFIA, BOTH OF BROOKLYN, NEW.

YORK.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes wringers.

The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a laundry appliance or clothes wringer inwhich the clothes are dried simultaneously with -the wringing operation, so as to eliminate the hanging of clothes for drying purposes and the loss of time usually required for the drying of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes wringer in which a heating unit is enclosed within a pair of hollow rollers, between which the clothesare passed for wringing purposes, the heat from the unit penetrating the walls of the rollers to the exterior surface thereof, so that the clothes are protected from directcontact with the unit to prevent any possibility of scorching. i

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing," in which I Figure 1 is a side elevation of my mproved clothes wringer. v Figure 2 is an elevational view of one end of the wringer.

Figure 3 is asimilarview of the opposite end.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sec: tional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 4. 0 Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates the support or frame of the clothes wringer and upon which are arranged a pair of spaced base bearing members 11', which receive the reduced ends 12 of a hollow roller 13. One end of the roller is closed and carries a gear 14 for meshing engagement with a driving gear 15, which latter gear ma obtain its power in any suitable manner, suc as from an electric motor or any manually. operated mechanism. Intermediate bearing members 16 co-act with the bearing members 11, for rotatably su porting the roller 12, and whichinterm iate bearing unembers are provided with 'a seat for rotab ably suppor g a ho l 101 7;

above the roller 13 and in vertical alignment therewith. The roller 17 is also closed at one end and carries a gear 18 for meshing engagement with'the gear 14 of the roller 13. The roller 17 receives its rotation from the roller 13, and turns in a direction opposite to said roller.

The roller 17 is yieldingly held in engagement with the roller 13 so as to be movable toward and away from the same when the clothesare inserted therebetween for wringing purposes. The means for yieldingly mounting the roller 17 comprises a pair of top bearing members 19 which are bolted to the intermediate bearing members 16, and which members 19 are provided with slots 20 for receiving the headed end of an adjustable screw 21. Springs 22 are interposed between thenhead of the screw 21 and between a bearing plate 23 which rests upon the roller 17. The tension of the springs maybe adjusted by means of a thumb nut 24 which eo-acts with the threaded end of the screw 21, and which tension is always suflicient to hold the roller 17 in pressing engagement withthe roller 13. Insertible throughthe open ends of the rollers 13 and 17 is a heating unit shown in its entirety as at 25, and which comprises abracket or plate 26 constructed of an insulation material such as porcelain, and from which extends a core 27, about which a coil of wire 28 is wound. The ends of the wire extend beyond the bracket 26 and are connected with a suitable electric current.

The plate or' bracket 26 is slotted as at 29 for receiving one end of a core30, and which core extends within the roller 172, The core is provided with s aced collars 31 which snugl fit within the hollow roller, so as to hold the core 30 in spaced relation with the inner walls of the roller. A coil of, wire 32 encircles the core 30 and also passes out of the outer end of the core and is connected with a source of electric current. 1

The outer end of the core 32 carries" a shield for closing the slot 29 so as to prevent the escape of heat from'within the hollow roller 17 The entire heating unit 25 is removably sup orted upon one of the sets of bearing memliers by screws 34 or the like.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided a clothes wringer hrough which the clothes to be wrung are t p and at. the same the clothes are dried by reason of the heating cores which extend into the respective rollers. By slidably mounting the heating core 30 with respect to the core 27, it will. be seen that the roller 17 is capable of moving away from the roller 13 as the clothes pass therebetween. It will be appreciated that the gears 14 and 18 will always mesh, by reason of their elongated teeth when the roller 17 moves up ward, and the said rollers are rotated at a relatively slow rate of speed, so that the heat from the rollers will havev suflicient time to thoroughly dry the wet articles passed therethrough. Any suitable means may be provided for regulating the heat of the heating coils such as a rheostat commonly used in electric appliances.

While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my 2 invention, it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to anythin less than the whole of my invention limited only by the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is A laundry device comprising a pair of tubular rollers, one of which has rotative and bodily movements, a heating unit for said rollers comprising a pair of heating cores, one each extending into saidrollers, a bracket carried by one of said heating cores, and means for slidably mounting the other of said heating cores on said bracket for bodily able roller.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

Gi lan mo memo,

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